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Palaeoecology and sea level changes: Decline of mammal species richness during late Quaternary island formation in the Montebello Islands, north-western Australia
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Piper, Cassia J., Veth, Peter M. (2021): Palaeoecology and sea level changes: Decline of mammal species richness during late Quaternary island formation in the Montebello Islands, north-western Australia. Palaeontologia Electronica (a20) 24 (2): 1-21, DOI: 10.26879/1050, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26879/1050
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